Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Jour 2ab | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-07-11 22:19 UTC-7

Salter Parts Way With Chunk of Chips

Webjoker

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Dennis Phillips, who finished third in this tournament back in 2008, opened, and Louis Salter called from middle position. The player in the big blind squeezed, and Phillips folded. Salter called.

The flop came , and the big blind made a continuation bet. Salter called in position and saw the roll off on the turn. The big blind checked, and Salter bet 18,500. The big blind shoved for about 60,000, and Salter called after some time in the tank.

Louis Salter:
Big blind:

The river wasn't one of the cards Salter was looking for, and he parted with some of his hard-earned chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Louis Salter	284,000 -66,000	-66,000

Tags: Dennis Phillips Louis Salter

2017-07-11 22:20 UTC-7

Timoshenko Continues to Climb Back

ajlamers

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Yevgeniy Timoshenko had a tough start to the day but has not given up. He found himself all in at one point, but he held on to double through his opponent, and now he his working on building a healthy stack to take into Day 3.

In a recent hand, Timoshenko was involved in a three-way pot with around 14,000 in the middle preflop. The flop came , and the player in early position checked to Timoshenko. He bet 5,600, the button folded, and his other opponent called. The turn was the , and the action was checked to Timoshenko again. This time he bet 12,600, and his opponent released his hand into the muck.

Timoshenko scooped the pot and is now above starting stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	69,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Yevgeniy Timoshenko

2017-07-11 22:21 UTC-7

Dhawan Sinks Griener's Ladies

[user235800]

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Jared Griener opened with a middle-position raise to 3,600 and was met with a call in the cutoff before Rohan Dhawan three-bet the button to 12,000. Griener called and the cutoff folded.

The flop fell , and Griener checked. Dhawan bet 16,000, and Griener called. The turn landed the , and Griener checked once again. Dhawan bet 26,000 and was now met with a Griener check-raise all in amounting to roughly 60,000. Dhawan, who had roughly 80,000 total, tossed in a chip to signify a call.

Griener:
Dhawan:

With Dhawan turning a full house, Griener needed to find one of the last ladies in the deck on the river.

Unfortunately for him, however, the river landed the , and Griener was sent to the rail as Dhawan climbed to nearly 200,000 in chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Rohan Dhawan	198,000 88,000	88,000
Jared Griener	Eliminé

Tags: Jared Griener Rohan Dhawan

2017-07-11 22:21 UTC-7

A Little River Value for Billy Baxter

[user339870]

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Billy Baxter raised to 4,000 from the cutoff, and the small blind called.

The flop came , and both players checked. They checked the turn as well. The fell on the river, and the small blind checked again. Baxter bet 5,000, and after brief contemplation, the small blind called.

Baxter tabled for a pair of aces with no kicker, and it was good enough to win the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Billy Baxter	124,000 -36,500	-36,500

Tags: Billy Baxter

2017-07-11 22:23 UTC-7

Hallaert Trending Up

KaleGozer

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Kenny Hallaert has been trending up in the past hour and currently sits at 245,000 courtesy of a big hand he just played.

The 2016 November Niner raised to 3,600 from the cutoff, and the player in the big blind defended.

The flop came down , and Hallaert continued for 3,500, which was called. The turn brought the , and the big blind checked again. Hallaert bet 11,000, the big blind check-raised all in for 40,000 or so, and Hallaert called.

Kenny Hallaert:
Big blind:

Both players held two pair, with Hallaert having the bigger ones. The big blind needed a jack on the river, but he didn't catch one and was eliminated.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kenny Hallaert	245,000 94,000	94,000

Tags: Kenny Hallaert

2017-07-11 22:24 UTC-7

Smalley Among the Big Stacks

zedmaster84

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Larry Smalley spent the entire day next to big stack Albert Daher, and the tides have since changed, as Smalley moved out of the middle of the pack and among the chip leaders.

In a recent hand, Smalley went to the river of a board and claimed the 70,000-chip pot by moving all in for more than 370,000. His sole remaining opponent elected to fold to award the chips to Smalley.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Joey Smalley	430,000 205,000	205,000
Albert Daher	135,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Albert Daher Larry Smalley

2017-07-11 22:27 UTC-7

Seiver Over Carrel

[user153906]

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Following the turn of a board with about 35,000 in the pot, the player under the gun checked to Charlie Carrel in middle position and he bet 20,500. Scott Seiver called from the button, the UTG player called, and the river was the .

The UTG player checked, Carrel bet 45,000, Seiver called, and the UTG player folded.

Carrel flashed his hand quickly, but mucked when Seiver showed for a pair of nines to win the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Scott Seiver	228,000 91,000	91,000

Charlie Carrel	160,000 -83,000	-83,000

Tags: Charlie Carrel Scott Seiver

2017-07-11 22:30 UTC-7

Counts from the Amazon Room

[user341012]

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jake Bazeley	222,000 2,000	2,000
Raminder Singh	204,000 89,000	89,000
Roger Campbell	201,000 152,500	152,500
Allan Le	200,000 85,000	85,000

Max Pescatori	200,000 -8,500	-8,500

Carolyn Tulloch	185,000 87,500	87,500
Jimmy Cappucci	180,000 -27,000	-27,000
Barry Greenstein	167,000 -13,000	-13,000

Greg Raymer	146,000 -15,000	-15,000

Joe Hachem	143,000 -52,000	-52,000

Pedro Fernandez	110,000 13,000	13,000
Michael Kamenjarin	91,000 -34,000	-34,000
Taylor Paur	74,000 -27,000	-27,000

Brett Feder	73,000 -33,300	-33,300
Andy Rogowski	67,000 67,000	67,000
Terik Brown	21,000 -38,000	-38,000

2017-07-11 22:31 UTC-7

Matusow on the Rise

MrCleverFox

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Mike Matusow called a raise to 4,000 from an a under-the-gun raiser in middle position. The player in the cutoff called, as well as the player in the small blind.

On the flop, action checked to Matusow. He bet 8,400 and everyone released their hands without much tanking or struggle.

Matusow has made some slow but steady progress with his stack today after starting the day with 94,000. He has nearly doubled where he began the day.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mike Matusow	179,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Mike Matusow

2017-07-11 22:33 UTC-7

Tough Table for Convey

zedmaster84

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Marc Convey just open-shoved for around 25,000 and claimed the blinds and antes. The British poker commentator and former live reporter remains short-stacked and faces tough competition with the likes of Thomas Muehloecker, Chi Zhang, Michael Song, and Usman Siddique at his table. However, the table talk is lively, and Convey remains in good spirit.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Chi Zhang	250,000 152,800	152,800
Thomas Muehloecker	240,000 10,000	10,000
Michael Song	190,000 -15,000	-15,000
Usman Siddique	75,000 -10,500	-10,500
Marc Convey	30,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Chi Zhang Marc Convey Michael Song Thomas Muehloecker Usman Siddique